The Works of Horace: Translated Into English Verse, with a Life and Notes, Volume 2W. Blackwoods, 1881 |
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... less , than did I absent o'er them brood ; As of her young , if they were left , The bird more dreads by snakes to be bereft , Than if she brooded on her nest , Although she could not thus their doom arrest . Gladly , in hopes your ...
... less , than did I absent o'er them brood ; As of her young , if they were left , The bird more dreads by snakes to be bereft , Than if she brooded on her nest , Although she could not thus their doom arrest . Gladly , in hopes your ...
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... less- Stewed into the potherbs , can I have been cheated ? Or Canidia , did she cook the damnable mess ? When Medea was smit by the handsome sea - rover , Who in beauty outshone all his Argonaut band , This mixture she took to lard ...
... less- Stewed into the potherbs , can I have been cheated ? Or Canidia , did she cook the damnable mess ? When Medea was smit by the handsome sea - rover , Who in beauty outshone all his Argonaut band , This mixture she took to lard ...
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... Less potent than Medea's be , By which , for love betrayed , beguiled , On mighty Creon's haughty child She wreaked her vengeance sure and swift , And vanished , when the robe , her gift , In deadliest venom steeped and dyed , Swept off ...
... Less potent than Medea's be , By which , for love betrayed , beguiled , On mighty Creon's haughty child She wreaked her vengeance sure and swift , And vanished , when the robe , her gift , In deadliest venom steeped and dyed , Swept off ...
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... less sword , Nor Hannibal by our great sires detested and abhorred , We shall destroy with impious hands imbrued in brother's gore , And wild beasts of the wood shall range our native land once more . A foreign foe , alas ! shall tread ...
... less sword , Nor Hannibal by our great sires detested and abhorred , We shall destroy with impious hands imbrued in brother's gore , And wild beasts of the wood shall range our native land once more . A foreign foe , alas ! shall tread ...
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... horoscope , and pre- dicted for him a splendid career . Augustus , either incredulous or fearful of a less happy fortune , for a long time refused to furnish the date of his birth , without which , of 42 Notes to the Odes .
... horoscope , and pre- dicted for him a splendid career . Augustus , either incredulous or fearful of a less happy fortune , for a long time refused to furnish the date of his birth , without which , of 42 Notes to the Odes .
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Aristippus Augustus bard battle of Actium beauty Book Cæsar Campania Catullus Celsus Albinovanus charm Cicero cried DAMASIPPUS Davus dear death delight doth dread Ennius Epistle EPODE eyes fame farm father fear fool Forum genius give gods Greek hand happy hear heart heir hills honour Horace Horace's Julius Cæsar Julius Florus keep king lines live Lucilius Mæcenas miles mind modern Muse ne'er never night numbers o'er pain plain play poem poet poet's Pomptine Marshes poor praise pray probably Propertius rich Roman Rome Sabine Satire SATIRE III SATIRE IV slave sleep song soul STERTINIUS sure sweet taste tell Temple Temple of Vesta thee things thou thought Tibullus Tibur TIRESIAS town true Twas Ulysses verse Virgil wealth Whilst wild wine wise words wretched write
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